If you're putting in a lot of time, effort and money to learn French, chances are that you also want to be able to SOUND it properly. If your pronunciation is poor, French people will struggle to understand you. Worse, they may understand something else - something potentially very embarrassing!
To sound like a native speaker,
You need to be able to hear and say every sound of the French language. Some of these sounds will be easy because they already exist in your language. Some will be different (U, R and the nasals are typical examples)
You must learn how to choose the right … Read More →

This is the second episode to help you with your French reading and French pronunciation and celebrate the upcoming launch of my online course, "How to sound like a native French speaker", coming out next week! Stay tuned as there will be a special, limited offer!
Get updates about my upcoming course: www.frenchyourway.com.au/course
Last week’s episode: "How to know when the letter "S" is pronounced [s] or [z]?": www.frenchyourway.com.au/podcast168
This time I'm answering a question from Tanya who would like to know how to pronounce the letter "E" when it has an accent over … Read More →

I'm really excited to start a short series of episodes dedicated to French pronunciation to mark the achievement of over 2 years of creating, testing and refining the online course that I’ve been working really hard on for you!
"How to sound like a native French speaker - Everything you need to know about French pronunciation and intonation" will officially open on May 9th, 2018.
Save the date because it will come with a special and limited offer!
I'll also do a live session on Saturday May 19th, at 1.30pm (Melbourne Australia time). You can send me your questions about French … Read More →

Here’s a great idea to help you work on your French pronunciation! This activity will also make you work on how to ask questions in French and on the pace of your speech: if you pause for too long, Siri will think that you were done asking your question and you will have to start again!
Follow my instructions on how to make the most of this French oral activity and download the free worksheet I’ve designed for you! http://frenchyourway.com.au/improve-french-pronunciation-ask-siri
Use the comment section to submit other ideas of questions to other learners of French…or just to let me … Read More →

This is the last article of a three-part series I dedicated to some French graphic signs based on this request from Oska:
I would enjoy if you could also perhaps do a lesson or two in the future on other French diacritics and ligatures, e.g. the cedilla, the diaeresis (or tréma), the ligature ‘œ’. As speakers and writers of a language which does not mostly possess such ‘baroque’ written adornments, I think Anglophones (= English speakers) find them quite fascinating. And perhaps a little bit of a barrier, which explication can help overcome.
In the first article, I told you everything I knew … Read More →

Many students struggle with the pronunciation of the French R, so in this episode I will give you some practice exercises and phonetic tips on how to pronounce the French R so that you can sound more French. Unleash the tigeRRR in you!
Vocabulary and Spelling of the French Words mentioned in this episode
Practice exercise :
LINKS and RESOURCES
Tarrawarra Estate: http://www.tarrawarra.com.au/
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I received the following suggestion from Oska:
I would enjoy if you could also perhaps do a lesson or two in the future on other French diacritics and ligatures, e.g. the French cedilla, the diaeresis (or tréma), the ligature ‘œ’. As speakers and writers of a language which does not mostly possess such ‘baroque’ written adornments, I think Anglophones (= English speakers) find them quite fascinating. And perhaps a little bit of a barrier, which explication can help overcome.
Thanks Oska, these are very interesting questions! I will actually dedicate three articles to them:
Part 1 : la … Read More →

Whatever your level is in French, I bet you will learn something in this article!
What’s the difference between tout / tous / toute / toutes? How and when to use them ? How to know when to pronounce the “s” at the end of “tous” in French ? – This last question comes from one of my listeners of French Your Way podcast. I have featured it in episode 14. Click here to listen to the episode.
“Tout” (meaning “all” in English or sometimes “all of”, “the whole”, “the entire”, “every” etc. – you get the idea) has different spellings, such as:
There’s nothing complicated or out of the … Read More →

This is the second part of my conversation with Maryse Mounier, a hard-working French woman growing bourbon vanilla on the Réunion island. Maryse will tell us in details about the process vanilla beans go through from the harvest until they are ready to be sold on the market. You’ll probably be surprised by how precise… Read More →

In this somewhat different episode you’ll get to hear a real French lesson that I recorded with Stephen, a student from Sydney! A few months ago, I introduced a new concept to give you the opportunity to have a casual French session on Skype with me, since I can’t commit to recurring lessons anymore. This… Read More →

About Me

I am Jessica, a native French teacher from the Champagne region, now living in Melbourne. I’ve created French Your Way to provide you with different ways to learn French : podcasts, worksheets, articles, French lessons and much more. Combine them to create the most relevant experience for you! Read More